Live Auction 352720th Century British Art
Sir Stanley Spencer, R.A. (1891-1959)
Lot 24

Sir Stanley Spencer, R.A. (1891-1959)

Hangchow Farmer

Closed15 December 2011

Price Realised

GBP 3,250

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Sir Stanley Spencer, R.A. (1891-1959)
Hangchow Farmer
signed and dated 'Stanley Spencer 54' (lower right) and inscribed 'Hangchow Farmer/Hangchow' (lower left)
pencil
15½ x 10 in. (39.4 x 25.3 cm.)

Amiya, Dowager Countess of Sandwich, by whom gifted to the present owner.

Specialist note

Spencer visited China in the late summer of 1954, together with A.J. Ayer, Rex Warner, Sir Hugh Casson and others, as part of a small delegation representing the British Arts and Sciences. The current lot was one of three drawings by Spencer used to illustrate an article about their China trip in the Sunday Times, printed on October 6, 1954.